ABC to distrib, rep Film Australia

Deal will add 250 titles to pubcaster's commercial arm

ABC Enterprises, commercial arm of pubcaster the ABC, will distribute Film Australia’s catalog of docs and rep the org at April’s Mip TV mart in Cannes.

Deal will add 250 titles to ABC Enterprises with docus such as “Bush Mechanics,” “Facing the Music” and “Unfolding Florence — the Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst.”

“We see the deal as an opportunity to bring the Film Australia catalog to the attention of a wider international market, through the strong and highly respected distribution networks of ABC Enterprises,” said Film Australia topper Daryl Karp.